Improved bottle-stopper



' theupper portion E.'D,1ig. 1.

' @a e". e

. e chf ,.O'

thanked tang www CHARLES J. CONVERSE, OE BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS.

.Letters Patent No. 85,214, lated December 22, 1868; .fottedltted December 11,1868.

IMPROVED BOTTLE-STOPPER.

The Schedule referred to these Letters Patent and making part of the same.

To allwh-om 'it may concern:

Be it known that I, CHARLES J. Goxvnnsn, of Boston, Suffolk county, State of Massachusetts, have in- .vented a new and improved Stopper for Bottles; and 1 do hereby declare that the following is a full and exnot description of the same, taken in connection with flux and efflux of liquids, or other substances, into or out of the bottle.

Figure`1 is a side View of my bottle, which is made iu the usual manner, with a containing-portion .below and a neck above, but with some little modifications of both.

B, fig. 1, is a side view of the lowerportion of the bottle.

BX, Figure 5, is a sectional view ofthe same, taken horizontally. l

C, fig. 1, isl a side view of the lower' part of the neck ofthe bottle, With sectional'wlew (in dashed lilies) of the lower portion of my stopper.

CX, Figure 3, is a horizontal sectional view of the Sclim.

D, tig. 1, is a side view of the upper part ofthe neck of the bottle, with sectional view (in dashed lines) of. a portion of the upper part of my stopper.

DX, Figure 4, is a horizontal sectional view of the same. v

E, iig. 1, is a side view of the upper part of my stopper.

Figure 7 is a vertical sectional view of the same,

when shut.

And the mode. of operation of my device is as follows:

I place the bottle A in a sunken recess in a slab of wood, or other substance, which recess is fitted to the cornered shape of the base of my bottle. I then force in the lower portion C of the stopper (the neck-piece) v1, and down upon it I force To facilitato this, I make the upper portion of rubberor other elastic sub# stance, and press it together, when forcing it' into its place. The neck-piece may be made elastic or inelastic.

Desiring to till the bottle, I partially rotate the portion marked E and D, g. 1 of my stopper, when the through aperture of to the position seen in fig.'

axially with the perforated aperture of the neck-piece C. There is then a continuous aperture from the body of the bottle to the air, through which I pour into the bottle or discharge from it. v

Having finished the filling or the discharglng I parthe same is presented, coincidenttially rotate the upper portion ,of the stopper, and thus present to the through-aperture ofthe lower portion (l, of my double (ordivided)stopper, the solid portion ofthe upperpart, thus eifectually stopping either .eftlu/ or influx to 'or from the bottle.

It will be seen that the upper portion E D, of the stoppen'is widened at its lower part. This is for the purpose of having sutiicient diameter" at the base to allow the holo or through-aperture to be of appropriate width, and vstill be as one side ofthe axial centre of the stopper. -This enlargement below serves another purpose also, for midway between the bottoni of the upper stopper and the place to which, when in position, the top ofthe bottle reaches, is a shoulder on the stopper, fitting against a corresponding shoulder cast on the interior rf the" neck ofthe bottle. i

And it will be seen, on inspection of the drawings, that thel inner sides of the lower part of the bottle-neck, at the point marked C, fig. 1, are octagonal'in horizontal section, and the neck-piece is of the same shape. The object of this is to prevent the lower part or neckpieoe C being rotated when the upper portion E I) is rotated. (I sometimes secure this effect, also, vin another way, by making' flanges on the sides ofthe neckpiece C, and corresponding grooves in the inner side ofthe bottle, and yvice tersa.) And I sometimes use a plate or disk, metallic, or of other substance, instead of the thick neck-piece G.

The upper portion of the stopper, (which is the stopper proper, as distinguished from the neck-piece,) where it enters the bottle, is made (as seen iniig. 4) circular' in horizontal section, to facilitate rotation, and the bottleneck,`at that part, (as seen in tig. 4,) is also made circular interiorly.

The portion of the stopper' not entering into the bottle, (see E, fig. 2,) is made (in horizontal section) of an octagonal shape, (though I do not confine myself to any number of facets.)

. ,And sometimes I substitute for this arrangement a horizontal flange, with or without a milled periphery.

And I sometimes furnish the top of the stopper with a rigid and unyielding ring or plate, of metal, hard ruhher, or other substance, firmly attached to it, to prevent the closing of the tin-ough-aperture by twisting of the Astopper when rotating it. I

The lower part of my bottle, externally, has fourteen facets. (Sometimes I have more, sometimes less.) The object of this is that, in filling the bottle, I may place it in a hole, of corresponding shape, sunk in a board, for convenience in' iillng the bottle with mineral-water.

For ale, cider, beer, 'and porter, I do not usually make thcbottles cornered at the base.

And I sometimes make my bottle with a glass (or other) diaphragm across the lower part ofthe neck, with' a perforation one side of thc centre, blown or firmly flxed into it, thus dispensing with the movable neck-piece G.

' v I do not ela-im a vessel, with its lid, cover, or stop-I ple so oonstruoted as that u vent is opened und closed by simply turning the lid, cover, or stopplo, or the vos sol; nor do I claimtlle cover of :t vessel, composed ot two perforated pieces, exposing zi; vent by partial rotution; and I do not claim an inelastic. stopper ot' any kind.

And what I claim herein as of my own dvvice, und desire to 4'soeur-o by Butters Pote11t,"is-

1. A throngh-peitbrnted, elastic, rota-ry bottle-stopper, larger nt the bottoni than at the top, shaped to lit in the neck of a bottle, the opening at the bottom of said stopper being located upon one side. of the centre, in combination with an obstruction acrossthe neck ot the bottle, tho same mode with un opening upon' one` side, thus admitting:r or .emitting the contents. of' the botthl onu partial rotation ot' tln` stopper.

2. ln combina-tionwith u bottle-stopper, with u through longitudinul -pertornt-ion, tbv through-perioruted removable nook-picco C, (or lower part of 51u1 stoppen) whether th sanno be. thick or thin, nud- 0f whatsoever substance. it be lnude, when constructed and used substantially ns und for the` purpose described.

3.. The bottle-neuk, herein described, when used in combination with a, rotntory stopper, substantially n described.

Witnesses: CHARLES J. CONVERSE.

l'JEMUEL P. Jnsns, GEo. H. TlEwKsBURx'-, 

